Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1877 — Setting Milk. [ARTICLE]

Setting Milk.

I con say, after a good trial, I am satisfied with thu “deen-can system” .and would recommend it where one of the three things necessary are at hand. 1. A good, cool spring of water, of easy access. 2. A good well of cool water. 3. Plenty of cheap ice. A few years agO I had to adopt some different system from th** 00 turnon pan, and made considerable inquiry before deciding, snd, as the deep can system could be tried with the least expense, I adopted it. The result was a No. 1 article of cream and butter that sold at the top of the market at Indianapolis, Lafayette and Chicago, and was successful at the fairs of tins section. With tnilk from a mixed lot of cows (some very inferior for butter) I made 17 lbs. 2 oft. of No. 1 butter from sixteen cans of milk, of 27 lbs. per can, which was 1 lb. of butter to 25$ lbs. of milk. I let my milk stand 36 hours, skimmed it sweet, let the cream stand until slightly acid, then churned, at about GO degrees. 1 had a well with wind pump attached, a tank set adjoining, water was run from milk tank to stock lank, water stood 16$ inches deep in tank. Cans 8 inches in diameter ami 18 inches deep, cost $8 per doz. from IX tin; can be made by any tinsmith; will lake from 1$ to 2$ cans per cow (according to the quantity of milk they give). We used a commongal vanized son]* ladle to skim with; be sure to skim deep enough. The water varied from 48 to 55 degrees. The advantages are: 1. Cheapness, not Gosling more than pans, there being no patent to pay for. 2. General ease of application and of handling and ot washing, and,last, but not least, tiie uniform good results. I kept one can of milk 60 hours sweet, and at the time the thermometer was up to DO degrees, and had two quite heavy iljuuder showers. Tiie latter never appeared to affect the milk in the tank. Don't make tank larger than is needed to accommodate your cans. Any one who trys it will not be likely to return to the common plan. If further light is needed 011 this plan it Call be furnished. No patents. — Rensselaer Cor. Jnter-Ocean.